World Language Board Presentation by: Paris Granville and Monica Lo The Bellevue School District Mission: To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Agenda • General information • Student performance data • Next Steps • Questions / Comments 2 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
General Information • World Readiness Standards for Language Learners • 2014 National and State Standards Revised Highlight Common Core • 2019 Graduation Requirements and Instructional Initiatives – 2 credits WL • More inclusive instructional practices 3 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Instructional Shifts Toward New World Language Standards From Language as To Language as Anthropology Communication Learning about the parts of language Doing Language – Communicating (vocabulary and grammar) (speaking, writing reading) Simplified Text Authentic Real World Text meant for native speakers Listening to teacher talk Speaking and practicing 50% of class time English used to talk about Spanish (or Using Spanish (target language)to get other language) information about Spanish, Culture and Communication (90% time in target language) Euro ‐ centric Many broader cultures from Asia, Africa and South America Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Student Performance Common Assessments • Performance – Students doing the language ‐ 3 Skills • No fill in the blanks Middle School & High School 1 assessment per semester Authentic Reading Conversation Writing 5 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Authentic Reading 6 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Conversaton 7 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Writing • Real World Task • Take Civic Action 8 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Common Assessment Data Revelations % Speaking Writing Reading Above 11.3% 11.3% 10.4% Standard 58.6% 70.2% 62.5% At Standard 47.3% 58.9% 52.1% Approaching 33.8% 25.5% 33.1% Standard Below 7.7% 4.3% 4.3% Standard • A change in assessment – previously the assessment only measured what student know about the language – not what they could do with the language. This means that our department has had to adapt their teaching strategies. • Teacher and Students need more opportunities to practice and assess interpersonal speaking 9 • Teachers need support on teaching in the target language all the time, while providing input that students can understand with visuals, gestures and context. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
MSP Cohort Scores for MSP Reading % Meeting Standard 80% 69% 70% 57% 60% 56% 54% 52% 52% 50% 50% 48% 50% 47% 44% 40% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2011 2012 2013 Chinook n=29 Highland Spanish Language Arts n=31 Odle n=176 Tyee n=21 Linear (Highland Spanish Language Arts n=31) Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Student Performance – AP* # tests BSD % Pass Nat. Av. # tests BSD % Nat. Av. Course/Grade 2013 2013 2013 2015 Pass 2015 2015 AP Chinese Language 100 99% 94.9% 141 98% 92.7% (9 th ‐ 12 th ) AP French Language 95 83% 78.1% 115 81% 75.9% (9 th ‐ 12 th ) AP German Language 7 86% 77.7% 4 100% 77.0% (9 th ‐ 12 th ) AP Japanese 22 91% 76.5% 40 83% 77.0% Language (9 th ‐ 12 th ) AP Spanish Language 140 94% 70.5% 134 95% 90% (9 th ‐ 12 th ) 11 AP Spanish Literature 39 87% 76.6% 44 84% 73.2% (11 th ‐ 12 th ) Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
IB World Language Language 2013 # Pass Rate 2015 # Pass Rate Chinese 31 100% 26 100% French 27 92.3% 40 100% Spanish 37 100% 35 100% 12 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
World Language Proficiency Credit Languages Tested Spanish 32 Chinese Simplified 31 Korean 19 Chinese Traditional 8 Russian 6 Vietnamese 4 Hindi 4 Farsi 2 Cantonese 2 Cambodian 2 Urdu 1 Thai 1 Portugese 1 Finnish 1 Dutch 1 Bulgarian 1 Armenian 1 13 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 # of Students Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
World Language Proficiency Credit Information 2014‐2015 Language # Students Average Credits Earned Total Credits Earned Chinese 31 3.5 107 Simplified Chinese 8 3.25 26 Traditional Spanish 32 2.5 77 Armenian 2 2 4 Bulgarian 2 4 8 Cambodian 2 2 4 Cantonese 3 3 8 Farsi 5 2 8 Finish 1 4 4 14 Hindi 2 3.5 7 Korean 19 4 76 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
World Language Proficiency Credit Information 2014‐2015 Language # Students Average Credits Earned Total Credits Earned Polish 1 4 4 Portuguese 1 4 4 Russian 7 3 21 Thai 1 4 4 Urdu 1 4 4 Vietnamese 4 4 4 Total 122 3.34 370 17 languages 15 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Next Steps • Chinese, French, Spanish, Japanese Integrated Performance Assessment continued common assessment development • Articulating Chinese, French, Spanish 3 ‐ 6 scope and sequence • Chinese Advisory Committee recommendations on simplified and traditional character writing • P.D. Plan: Inclusive and differentiated instruction to reach all students co ‐ taught by World Language developers 16 Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
Questions / Comments / Feedback For additional information regarding this presentation contact: Paris Granville: K ‐ 12 Instructional Technology Curriculum Developer, World Language Monica Lo: K ‐ 12 Instructional Technology Curriculum Developer, World Language Email: granvillep@bsd405.org, lom@bsd405.org Phone: 425 ‐ 456 ‐ , 425 ‐ 456 ‐ The Bellevue School District Mission: To provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory 17 education so they can succeed in college, career and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life. Our mission is to provide all students with an exemplary college preparatory education so they can succeed in college, career, and life.
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